Michael Moore on Countdown With Keith Olbermann (Guest Host Lawrence O'Donnell) - Part 2

[drewfustehfox]

If government isn't providing for the basic needs of it's people then what is it for?

[Icosiol]

Michael Moore would have been so happy in the U.S.S.R.

[Salvysahagun]

Cool now the doctors office is going to be like the DMV

[Shadowkenji001]

Seriously wouldn't trust a system that makes such profits on your health.

[laurasIs2c]

This is the kind of reasoning that makes capitalism a function for the elite and well connected rather than a force for our Republic.

[tommyneumann]

michael, cheers on you winning the John Steinbeck award. i cant think of anyone more deserving than you. thanks for speaking out on issues from health care to war for the health of the state.

[gjones440]

michel moron is a communist! he thinks cuba is a great model we should follow

[dunkafelic]

@gjones440 go watch some glenn beck clips instead ya douche.

[rodneybrett]

@gjones440 How much do you actually know about Cuba?

[GayGawd]

INSANITY!

[flmcon]

If insurence companeys don't make money, Who is going to invest in them? And can they stay in business?Why didn't they just pass Government /Socialised/Single payer health care ?

[realyNobody]

@flmcon they would still make money just not as much

[rich2rock]

No shit.

[JEFF9K]

How can anyone compare Bill Maher to Glenn Beck? There is a huge difference between telling the truth and lying. Facts are facts, and the Republicans, who pretend to be the party of God, continuously violate the Commandment about bearing false witness.

[ekajeht]

@JEFF9K LOL

If Beck ever lied about anything the obama media would be all over it.

You speak of facts , why don't you show some facts about FOX lying other than just your pea brain opinion.

[JEFF9K]

@ekajeht . . . WHAT THE HELL IS THE "OBAMA MEDIA?" Nearly all media depends for its existense on advertising from Republican-controlled businesses. Most political newspaper endorsements are for Republicans. Go to the MediaMatters website and you will see at least a dozen examples of Beck lies every week. I will give you that Beck may be so incredibly stupid that he believes what he says is true.

[JEFF9K]

@JEFF9K . . .Furthermore, Beck lying isn't a news story, so why would the news media cover it? The small part of the media that covers PUNDITS is indeed all over Glenn Beck and Fox News. MediaMatters exposes about 100 FOX LIES EVERY WEEK! They are clearly shown, with video proof.

[ekajeht]

@JEFF9K Wake up lil obama sheeple.

Stop watching keith olberama .

You are a true sheeple, just shouting out BS with NO FACTS! You say -100 FOX lies every week , but you can't name --ONE---

LOL

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!

[JEFF9K]

@ekajeht LISTEN, YOU FUCKING MORON: Go to the MediaMatters website and see the examples. Ask any intelligent person, such as a scientist, a schoolteacher, or someone who earns his living with his brain and he will laugh at the suggestion that Fox News tells the truth.

[JEFF9K]

@ekajeht . . .some quick examples: FOX LIES ABOUT, GLOBAL WARMING, TAXES, TEA PARTIES, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, THE ECONOMY, HISTORY, ETC. . . .

[ekajeht]

@JEFF9K LOL

Thanks for proving my point you brainless lil sheeple!

FOX LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!

But like all good lil obama sheeple you lack -FACTS-!

Just because you baaay "liar" doesn't make you right.

Wake up!

Quit wondering around with your head stuck in obama's ass like all the other sheeple!

[gjones440]

@JEFF9K if u r saying all media but fox isnt totaly sold out to obama then your dillusial,,,msnbc is owned by ge witch is in obamas privlaged corp.

[JEFF9K]

@gjones440  Where do you get your information?

[dunkafelic]

@gjones440 every single media outlet has sold out to Obama except for the one outlet that constantly trashes him through smear campaigns? how convenient for a right-winger to think that. absurd, but convenient.

[dragon8me2]

Billions of dollars are spent to enforce and arrest people for using cannabis and $0 to enforce Wall Street and insurance companies. It's time for a change people.

[RebelliousHutterite2]

@dragon8me2  100 thumbs up.

[777danzig]

@Sidney38SNJ no, were already suffered from 8 years of an idiot with bush and now four more with obama, and possibility more with either obama or palin to choose from, this country is in deep trouble

[777danzig]

If moore wanted me to really listen then he should do this. He talks about all these businesses making money and he is against capitalism, well, when I watch one of his movies he should pay me minimum wage for the time i spend watching it, and give money back to the ones who saw them in theaters but didn't like. but he won't. He talks about things to attack the big businesses but if you tell him that i feel that he robbed you by watching his crap films he will say that you are wrong.

[Orlor]

@777danzig Can you show me a quote from Mike that says he's against capitalism?

[777danzig]

@Orlor He wrote a whole movie about it

[Orlor]

@777danzig Where in the movie does it say that he is anti-capitalism?

[chubbsuperfly]

@777danzig How many of Moore's flix have you seen? BTW, he's just anti-crony-ism and big business as usual which has led us, like sheep to the slaughter, to the point of being eclipsed as a super-power. You'll notice he does not attack businesses that don't misrepresent themselves. Big Pharma is making trillions off of human misery... and it's the same crew who make trillions off of wars and stealing farmland and selling mercury, arsenic, and fluorine to the masses. Don't be a sheeple.

[bagelboi66]

Those of us with a single-payer system can't understand the US now. It's the one issue more than any other that separates the USA from the civilized world.

[Dean0000007]

It's so refreshing to have a democratic supporter telling it the way it is.

I'm sick of listening to the right wingers for news and all they advocate is letting business regulate business, it's what created the damn mess in the first place.

[PdishmonkeyJJ]

michael moore is a legend

[themooddisorders]

come to Canada!

[ViraIVideos]

Moore is our champion.

Moore is our Hero.

[hahaGGed]

now moore is not right about everything, in fact he exaggerates quite a bit in his documentaries. but the guy knows how to bend arms to get things done in this country, and its a shame hes not in a direct power to do so.

[777danzig]

@hahaGGed his idea is that change should happen, but not at his expense or his work, he wants the rich to give out more money and thinks they should be taxed more but yet he is millioniare, makes no sense. He wants socialize health care but look at him, he is overweight, he doesn't want to do the responsible thing, like stay healthy, to make socialize health care work. His thing is that he wants all these great things to happen but not by him lifting a finger or him spending a dime.

[mysticman07]

@hahaGGed Could u please explain to me exactly what was exaggerated in his movies

[777danzig]

I have a hard time taking Moore seriously. He says that he represents the hard workers of America but he drop out of college, quit his factory job after a day and makes a living by making movies where he just says what he wants. Don't know many hard workers that do that. He is the type of guy that wants change and good things to happen but he doesn't want to lift a finger to do it.  But in all, he is a smart guy, he knows that with what he does he can make millions off of idiots.

[mistersumthing]

@777danzig right, so by your logic is the fact that he dropped out of college means in the's not allowed to tell the truth in the media? right, ok

[777danzig]

@mistersumthing one thing, how much truth is he really telling, what he does is pick sides and uses drama and bs to sell his things. About dropping out of college, i am making a point, he claims that he represents the hard workers of America which is confusing, he never struggled in life by working hard in college or some 8-5 job, or go to college and work at the same time like many people do, he runs his mouth, releases movies with bs in it, and makes millions off of idiots

[mistersumthing]

@777danzig actually that's a pretty weak argument. You can represent the rights of dogs, or chimps or single mothers,doesn't mean you have to be one to do it, or that it makes the argument more or less valid. Any choice we make in anything is essentially picking a side. Your logic is that because he never went to college or a 8-5 job he doesn't have a right to comment on society. By that definition neither does any other creator of any artform whatsoever. It's a childish argument.

[777danzig]

@mistersumthing I want Moore to work a few years in a factory, or a restuarant, he should interact with those people and find out what they are really like and live thier lives and then he can make an opinion, he never has. It is like if I would give my opinion about living in the ghetto, I never done it so I really don't know. Face it, Moore is a con artist and his fellowers and nothing but lazy cry baby pansies that can't take care of themselves so they expect others to do it.

[mistersumthing]

@777danzig the problem with your logic(or lackof as the case seems to be) is that your assuming if someone works in a factory that indicates they know more about politics or the matters of the world. I don't blindly follow what people say just because they say it, although you seem to reject it wholesale irrespective of the facts behind them. Sounds like you're the dumb one

[mistersumthing]

@777danzig the other problem with your weak argument is that it presupposes that making films is not "real work". I think if you learn about the subject you'll find that real filmmakers on average work much longer hours than 8-5.

[777danzig]

@mistersumthing What he doesn isn't real work. He is just like Bill Maher, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, etc. He runs his mouth and creates lies and drama to sell a product, i can do that, i do that while I am working. He does nothing productive during his "work" but finds way to con idiots out of money. Taking interviews and facts and only displaying what you want people to hear is only work of a con artist and you are dumb enough to follow it.

[n8goesSPLAT]

republicans ruined this country.

[jimisback]

Bullshit. My wife had cancer. They didn't rase prices or drop her coverage. She got other cancers and the same thing. He is full of BS.

[woostopalypse]

@jimisback well your wife is lucky. I'm glad that she was able to coverage. But surely you have heard of insurance companies raising rates for unhealthy individuals and denying coverage based on preexisting conditions.

[jimisback]

@woostopalypse Sure I have. Just like any bussiness does. But not while they have coverage.

[mistersumthing]

@jimisback ok, so you seriously think your one experience represents the experience of the majority of americans?

[mkkoen]

I'm a fan of Michael Moore, but the reason his staff cannot find the $100 penalty is that it is not there.....He may be referring to the $100 per day penalty against employers who do not insure there employees. That is the only $100 per day penalty in the bill.

[mikebecker330]

Pleeeeeease...Michael, run for the Senate, President...something. The people need a voice in Washington. Someone with integrity and a conscience! Our government has been corrupted beyond repair, help us!

[jimisback]

@mikebecker330 That is why you elected Obama. You got it.

[4rife]

I'd like you to run for office Michael, but I think you are far more valuable doing what you're doing. Thank you.

[newmac]

Call their bluff; take 10 live chickens; and 2 vidcams to a docs office; and just see what happens. Let the FuN begin...;-) Footage to be posted and used for a hard hitting democratic ad.

[jtba26]

Well said Michael. You know it makes sense to treat people properly and with repsectr not as something to reduce the profit margins.

[nextdrink45]

You people that think that the goverment is the answer to all your problems, and should have total control over your life make me sick and I think you are LOSERS!!!!!

Big goverment is NOT the answer!!!!!!!

[nextdrink45]

Moore is so full of shit!!!! It's that evil capitolism that has made him a rich man. Besides, the insurance company does not make money off the sick....they make money off us healthy people. I would rather pay my ins. company more money for my care, than the goverment less money for my care. They can't run shit!!!!

[dkkght46]

We told you so! Obama's plan is not health care. It is to establish a system that will bring America down and hard. Obamacare will actually increase costs? I'm shocked. Progs just dont see it, you can put them in a room with a pile of elephant dung and Obama tells them its pizza they will feast on it. Obama promised us this would reduce the defict and be deficit neutral...apparently it's not.

[Indigosnakes]

That was great. He really puts it in a nutshell.

[cultofchrist]

Wow, Michael! You look good buddy. The healthiest I've ever seen you.

[steve1466214662]

But Michael its all your liberal colleagues who passed the legislation you dimwit! Pour some of your millions made from your disputed unvetted propaganda crap you sell as factual to pay for some HC.

[EpicureMammon]

@steve1466214662 They aren't liberals. Democrats =\= liberals.

[Seldona]

@steve1466214662

We have the 'Party Of No' to thank for the watered down bill. That and the President's repeated attempts at bipartisanship. What did he get? Racists and ignorants yelling, "We want our country back!"

Screw the elected majority, they want Totalitarianism. Period.

Rush Limbaugh admitted, on the air, that he would rather see America fail than see the President succeed! From what I have seen, heard, and read, republicans pretty much believe as their de facto leader does.

[MENJAGVETJUINTE]

Whoever can guarantee absolutely everyone complete access to healthcare, no matter class or income, should be the one providing healthcare.

Simple as that. Greetings from Sweden!

[Codypup01]

if you're happy and you know it...... THEN SENT THIS LINK TO YOUR FAMILIES....

money is often power.... but SO IS KNOWLEDGE!!!

november is coming....

[duffh]

Nevada US Senate candidate Sue Lowden says I can pay doctors with chickens.

Can I pay my medical bills with Rubber Chickens? They'll bounce. Returned for Non Sufficient Fowl. I'm not laughing.

Duff Hendrickson

Seattle

[vivwritten]

we have national healthcare in NZ and most of the private insurers are non-profit organisations...Our Prime Minister and his administration are trying to privatize parts of our health system...and he'll be out in the next election for that dumbass decission among others, like a 50% rise in tax on alcohol

[bigsteelguy]

Michael is a great and wonderful guy, but still Polticians and global leaders will not change they're ways at all.

It's sad but they won't, how many years have we been trying to get them to change? We all must Boycott all Banks, all corporations, all insurance companies and look for alternatives to live self sustainable as much as possible.

[oppressedinjc]

I don't feel well, here's my cat.

[Shalek]

America needs to start pushing for reform now, real reform not the pandering bullshit the current bill is.

[picard94]

Too bad Moore won't run for President.

[BenJEMean]

2:55 sounds abit suspicious?

[Elin48]

I like Michael Moore's loss of weight...you look good Michael, and now an inspiration in more ways than one.

[dragonflychainsaw]

the only thing that i can cling to is that we start working right away to fix this bill i hope that this was just a foundation to build a sane health care system off of where all americans have access to health care and not die from a lack of money

[WolfArden44]

You Rock Mike ;-)

[MABMAB27]

The current American health care system is insane. Obama's health care reform is lame too. What the American people really need is to be provided with a health care system that is subsidised by taxes and is non for profit. Insurance companies can continue to exist, but people should have viable alternatives which they currently do not have. Obama is just another servant of the big corporations and will go down as another tremendous disappointment. A shame really.

[Greengate777]

Pay your doctor with a chicken? ... ... ... What the hell happened to America?

[mysticman07]

i agree with most of michael moore points but this old arguement about "The less of 2 evils(the democrats being the lesser) is getting older and older. its time for him to have the courage of his own convictions and stop supporting both parties. it seem to me a little hipocritical what he did to ralph nader in 2004 when ralph stands 4 everything he say he stand 4

[pongman]

Michael looks like he's had a the gastric bypass surgery. You can tell from the thinning of his face. Congratulations Mike! I remember a patient who had this done and he showed me the before and after pictures and I could never believe it. Now he'll have to see a plastic surgeon to remove all the excess skin. I wish everyone could have this done but unfortunately the insurance companies will balk at that; even though it will save you from a massive heart attack, diabetes, etc...

[marniespeaks]

Michael looks like he lost weight.

Universal Health Care

[weinstein888]

@marniespeaks lol

[dajooseovmabawls]

Those "claim specialists" are the REAL death panels!!!

[rickbar123]

OH WOW, THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS TO PAY 100.00 A DAY FINE.

Thanks Obama, for nothing.

[edmondov]

Arrogant evil republican.

[MystikWizard]

Does Olbermann even work 6 months out of a year?

[carranzapz]

Im not even from the US, but i respect michael moore so much

[weinstein888]

@carranzapz He's one of the few sensible political icons in this country.

[KLUNKET]

@carranzapz - have you ever had your mental stabillity checked out?

[rickbar123]

Looking good Mike. I love ya bro.

[itubeutude]

nothing much will change.

[dukee155]

How come insurance companies do not try to compete?

[itubeutude]

@dukee155 because they're all in on it.

[dukee155]

@itubeutude On what?

[itubeutude]

@dukee155 the rip off.

[HUMANTORCH38]

michael moore should run for president!!!!!!!!!

[TheSecretCobra]

@HUMANTORCH38 Yea He should